Horry County man dies in prison while serving life sentence for death of estranged wife
The South Carolina Department of Corrections said an autopsy will be performed after the 66-year-old died following an extended illness.
- On Monday, 66-year-old South Carolina death row inmate Louis Michael Winkler Jr. died at Kirkland Correctional Institution following an extended illness.
- Winkler was convicted in the 2006 murder of his estranged wife, Rebecca Grainger Winkler, after kicking in her door and shooting her in the face in front of her teenage son.
- Although originally sentenced to death in 2008, a Georgetown County judge overturned the sentence in 2012, converting it to life in prison.
- Officials pronounced Winkler dead at 8:49 a.m. Monday in Kirkland Correctional Institution's infirmary, the South Carolina Department of Corrections confirmed.
- An autopsy will be performed to determine the official cause of death, officials announced, concluding Winkler's incarceration in South Carolina since his 2008 conviction.
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Lodinews.comA South Carolina death row inmate died of illness, prison officials say
A S.C. Death Row inmate Louis Michael Winkler Jr. died Monday morning at Kirkland Correctional Institution. Louis Michael Winkler, 66, of Horry County, was pronounced dead 8:49 a.m. in Kirkland’s infirmary after an extended illness, prison officials said in a…
Man on death row for 2006 Horry County murder dies in prison
(WSPA) -- A South Carolina death row inmate has died two decades after his estranged wife's killing. The SC Department of Corrections announced that Louis Michael Winkler Jr. died Monday morning at Kirkland Correctional Institution. Winkler was convicted of murder, first-degree burglary and assault and battery of a high andaggravated nature in the death of [...]
South Carolina death row inmate dies in prison
(WSPA)—A South Carolina death row inmate has died nearly two decades after his estranged wife's killing. The SC Department of Corrections announced that Louis Michael Winkler Jr. died Monday morning at Kirkland Correctional Institution. Winkler was convicted of murder, first-degree burglary and assault and battery of a high andaggravated nature in the death of his [...]
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